Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Tyre nearly in place
Drawknife in use shaping
An interesting wheel!
Shaping with a rasp
Not just a wheelwright but a rakemaker too.
Welding
Clamping the wheel down
Cleaning up the tyre
A pile of iron hubs
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
The first stage in shaping
Welding the tyre
Applying a hot tyre
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Detail of the wheel
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
Wheel in position for the tyre
Welding a hub band
A few finishing taps
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Tail vice and dog
Cooling the hot tyre
Using a chipping hammer
Checking the tyre circumference
Drawknife in use
Welding a tyre
Initial shaping
Cleaning up
Clamping the tyre ready for welding
Fitting the felloes together
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Cleaning up the weld
Wheel awaiting a tyre
An example of the wheelwrights art
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